Famous Grouse pulls plug on SRU sponsorship deal

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Finances at Scottish Rugby have been dealt a £1 million blow after Famous Grouse, the team sponsor for the past 16 years, failed to renew its deal with the union which runs out at the end of the World Cup in October. The drinks company will keep a relationship with the union, though at a much lower level.

It means that the union is now on the hunt for a main team sponsor and though the timetable is not critical because the existing deal has about five months to run, the fact is that when the same organisation found itself